A bus carrying children overturns in northwest England, killing the driver and a 14-year-old girl

LONDON (AP) — A bus carrying dozens of schoolchildren has overturned on a highway near the English city of Liverpool, killing the driver and a 14-year-old girl. The bus was transporting students from Calday Grange Grammar School and West Kirby Grammar School on the Wirral Peninsula, across the River Mersey from Liverpool. Traffic on the M53 highway was blocked as police and other emergency services responded to the incident, which was reported shortly after 8 a.m. Two other occupants of the bus were taken to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool with serious injuries, while a number of other patients were taken to surrounding hospitals for treatment to minor injuries, North West Ambulance Service said.